barbarity

bar·bar·i·ty

noun \bär-ˈber-ə-tē, -ˈba-rə-\

plural bar·bar·i·ties

Definition of BARBARITY

1

: barbarism

2

a : barbarous cruelty : inhumanity

b : an act or instance of such cruelty

Examples of BARBARITY

1. The barbarity of the attack was horrifying.
2. The photos vividly capture the war's barbarity.
3. He is accused of inflicting unimaginable barbarities on his own people.

First Known Use of BARBARITY

circa 1570

Related to BARBARITY

Synonyms

atrociousness, atrocity, cruelty, barbarousness, brutality, cruelness, fiendishness, heartlessness, inhumanity, inhumanness, sadism, savageness, savagery, truculence, viciousness, wantonness

Antonyms

benignity, compassion, good-heartedness, humaneness, humanity, kindheartedness, kindness, sympathy, tenderheartedness

Related Words

hard-heartedness, mercilessness, pitilessness, ruthlessness, unfeelingness; fellness, ferociousness, ferocity, fierceness, grimness; bloodlust, bloodthirstiness, murderousness, sanguineness, sanguinity; cattiness, despitefulness, hatefulness, malevolence, maliciousness, malignity, meanness, nastiness, spitefulness; hardhandedness, harshness, heavy-handedness, oppressiveness

Near Antonyms

tenderness, warmheartedness, warmness, warmth; charitableness, clemency, leniency, mercifulness, mercy, pity

Rhymes with BARBARITY

unclarity, vulgarity